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SpeciesOpeningSeasonBoatsmartUnparalleledMemories14www.unalaska.info877.581.2612FishingSeasonsEasternAleutanBaridiTannerCrabJan.15OpilioTannerCrabOct.15BrownKingCrabAug.15BaridiTannerCrabOct.15BristolBayRedKingCrabOct.15PribilofBlueKingCrabOct.15St.MathewBlueKingCrabOct.15PribilofRedKingCrabOct.15DollyVardenMay-AugustRedSalmonJunePinkSalmonJulyEarlyAugustSilverSalmonLateAugustSeptemberHalibutLateMay-September15CodRockfshLateMay-September15CatchingTheBigOneOnJune101996averywellkeptsecretwasuncoveredthroughoutthesportfshingworldUnalaskaDutchHarboristheplacetogoforworld-classhalibutfshingTwiceinlessthanoneyeartheInternatonalGameFishAssociatonIGFAWorldRecordforsport-caughthalibuthadbeenbrokeninthisremoteAleutanport.The11-year-oldrecordof459poundslandedbyJackTragisinJune1996standsasatestamenttothepotentalforTheBigOnemanyanglersofenfantasizeabout.HugefshbytheboatloadshelpedtogrowthesportfshingindustryinUnalaskaatractngsmallcharterboatoperatonsandanumberofguideservicesthathavesincegrowntoaccommodatetheexpandinginterest.Inrecentyearswhiletheaveragesizeofhalibuthasdroppedcharteroperatonsstllrecordweeklylandingsof100-120poundersandseveralcatcheseachseasonofthesought-afer150to300-poundbarndoors.QuickruntmestoprimefshingspotsfastactonandthewildnessoftheBeringSeacontnuetobeprimefactorsinpeoplesdecisionstofshDutch.DollyVardenaswellasPinkRedandSilverSalmonwillbefghtngforyourbaitandtacklefromMaytoSeptember.FlyfshingforeachofthesespeciesisbecomingincreasinglypopularwithanglerswhowanttoavoidthecombatfshingconditonsofmanyofthemorepopularriversandstreamsonmainlandAlaska.RemotesolitudeabundantfshandtheabsenceofbearcombinetomakeUnalaskaaprimefshingdestnaton.LocalcharteroperatonsrunfromMaytoSeptemberprovidingfullfshinggeartoclientsalongwithassistanceinarrangingforfshcleaningvacuumpackingfreezingandshipping.Fulldaychartersrangeinpricefrom165to200perdayperangler.ItisstronglyrecommendedthatyouallowtwotothreedaysforhalibutfshingasAleutanIslandweatherisunpredictableandoccasionallykeepsthefeetdocksideforadayortwo.Fishinglicensesareavailableatlocalgifshopsgrocerystoresandmarinesupplystores.Afoolandhisboatsoonpart.Pleasedontdrinkandoperateyourboat.